Description: A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the age's most important literary forms.
Brief description: Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.
Review Quotes: Serves as a nice introduction to the critical complexities of what are all too often dismissed as simplistic texts.-- "JOURNAL OF THE EARLY BOOK SOCIETY"